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0 pointserik_seaberg5y ago0 comments

Some platforms are enforcing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%5EX because malware also wants to create novel machine code within a running process.

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saagarjha5y ago

Note that it is possible to JIT even with W^X. What these platforms do is prevent memory that has been mapped writable and overwritten with new code from ever being mapped executable again.

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